Brian Melzer is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He is an economist who studies household finance, real estate, financial intermediation, and financial regulation.
His recent research examines the impact of price ceilings in credit markets as well as the costs and benefits of financial advice. He has also studied the impact of payday loans on household well-being, the default and investment behavior of heavily indebted homeowners, and the effects of unemployment insurance on mortgage default. His articles have been published in leading economics and finance journals such as the American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Journal of Finance, and The Review of Financial Studies.
Professor Melzer received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 2008. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he received undergraduate and master’s degrees in philosophy from Princeton University and St. Andrew’s University, and worked as a research analyst in investment management.
